Editor¡¯s Corner
The Periphery Will Save the Center:
Visions of Korean Literature Creating Asian Collaboration
Kim Hyeong-soo£üROK

What It Means to Live As a Writer in Asia
The Word ¡°To Aspire¡±
-Now More than Ever, The Season of Article Nine of the Constitution
Oe Kenzaburo£üJapan

Special Field Reports from Southwest Asia: ¡®Who Wants War Here?¡¯
Lebanon, Palestine & Israel

Beirut Diary
Hanady Salman £üLebanon

I Am Just a Piece of News
Atef Abusaif£üPalestine

Not a Word About Lebanon
Yael Neeman£üIsrael

Reflections on the Study of History
Yitzhak Laor£üIsrael

Rose of Lebanon
Lea Aini£üIsrael


Convex Lens: F. S. Jose, the Philippine Master

Interview: Bang Hyun-seok Interviews Jose
Short Story ¡±Walking on Fire¡±

Poems

Kazakh Custom and more
Saken Imanasov£üKazakhstan

Mongolian Peace and Tranquility and more
Tsogdorjyn Bavuudorj£üMongolia

The Peak with a Human Face
Lang Tao Sha£üChina

Plastic Surgery and more
Ha Jong-oh£üROK

It Looked Like Birds Had Passed By, For the Yard Was Dizzying and more
Sin Yong-mok£üROK


Radical Grammar of Contemporary Asian Novelists 2

The Substance
Alisher Fayz£üUzbekistan
Aspirin
Park Min-gyu£üROK


Essays
So, What's the problem in Iraq now?
Hythem Kassim Zalzala£üIraq

The East Asian Community and the Function of Literature in Our Global Village
Ynhui£üROK

Remembering Through Writing
Francezca C. Kwe£üPhilippines


Beyond Japanese Asian Expansionism 2
Agony and Choice for Indonesian Writers

Literary Propaganda During the Japanese Occupation of Indonesia(1942-1945):
Negotiating Islamic Narratives
T. Christomy£üIndonesia